Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-04-09
Proclamation for a Special Election

In Plum township in Phillips county, Kansas,
in the matter of The Chicago, Kansas and Ne
bFaska Railway Company. To the qualified voters
WHEREAS on the 18TH day of March 1857. there
was presented to the Board of County Commits
siOneFs of said comfy. in special session duly
dfLhS of the resident tax payers of said town ship
praying said Board of commissioners 10 submit 10
the qualified voters of said township proposition
TO subscribe to one hundred and fifty shares of
one hundred dollars each of the capital stock OF
The Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway
Company, and in payment therefor, TO issue 10
said Railway Company fifteen of the bonds of said
dollars each, all on the terms and conditions set
forth in said petition, which petition, emitting
the signatures OF the slgners thereof is in words
and figures Us follows tO-wit:
PETITION.
To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners
Of the county of Phillips in the state OF Kansas.
We, the undersigned. your petitioners, each be
ing a resilient tax payer OF the township OF Plum
in Phillips county ia the state OF Kansas respect
fully petition your honorable body submit TO
the quallued electors or said township for their
acceptance OF rejection, special election to be
ordered by your honorable bcdy. under and in
pursuance OF the laws OF the state OF Kansas, and
the act entitled. IAN Act to enable Counties,
Townships and Cities TO aid i'll the construction of
railroads, and 10 repeal section eight, of chapter
thirty-une. of the laws of 1874 appTo ed FEBRUARY
10Th, 1876, and gIhe amendments thereto, the fol
lowing proposition with the terms and conditions
herein specified, tO-wit:
Shall the said township Of Plum in Phillips
county, in the state OF Kansas, subscribe for one
hundred and fifty shares of one hundred dollars
each, OF the capital stock of The Chicago Kan as
ana Nebraska Railway Company, and in payment
the bonds of said township OF the denomination OF
one thousand dollars each, OF SO many thereof
mot exceeding said number) as shall amount 10
not exceeding lout Thousand uoiIaFs per mile Ior
each mile of railroad constructed in said township
by Fald Ltaliway 'ompany s4lu bonds TO be pay
of Kansas in New York City, twenty years after
the date thereof, bearing interest at the rate Of
SIX per cent per 4nnum. interest paPaDie semi
annually, for which interest coupons shall be NJ
tached, payable al the fiscal agency aforesaid; thu
subscription of stock and issue OF bonds being up
on the following conditions, namely
AS soon as said proposition shall be determined
in the atl rnat1ye y canvass OF the votes cast at
such election, the Board of county Commission
eFs Of said county of Phillips for and behalf OF
said township shall order the County Clerk to
make, and the Comfy Clerk snail make. said sub
scriPtiOn in the name of said township for said
one hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock
And when tie Railroad of said Railway Compa-
ny shall be built and completed. and shall be in
operation, nuder lease or otherwise, from the east
line of said township to the west line of said
township, then said Hoard of County Commission
ers shall cause such bonds, with coupons attached
as Aforesaid, 70 be issued ~ the name OF said
township of Plum and shall deliver the same to
SAID railway Company on delivery or tender 10
the county treasurer OF sdlu county OF cefLln-
cate for said shares of the full paid up capital
stock OF said Railway Company, equal in amount
with said bonds, dollar for dollar.
Provided said railroad shall be built and com
peted and in operation tby lease or Otherwise) as
aforesaid before the first day of February,
A d. 1883, and provided further that said nDa-
ny shall build and maintain depot with side
tracks adjacent thereto in said township.
The form OF the ballots to be used at said cleo
ton shall be: For the subscription of stock and
Issue Of bonds TO The Chicago, Kansas and Ne
braska Railway Company, and Against the sub
scriptioH OF stock aud Issue of bonds 10 The Chi
cagO. Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company
And. whereas, upon the presentation and con
slGeEatluu OF sau pGlltlou ana the nearing OF tne
proof in respect to the matters and things therein
Contained said Board found that said petition was
signed by more than tWo-ntths OF the resident tax
payers of said township and that said petition
was in all respects in due form OF law, and that
the conditions therein contained We sufficient 10
protect the interests Of said township and there
upon, duly made order granting the prayer Of
SAID petition and ordering Lhat special election
be held at the usual and established places of vOt-
ing in each voting precinct in said township on
Wednesday the 2th day of april, 1887, to determine
whether the said township snail subscribe 10 one
hundred and fifty shares of the capital stock of said
Company. and issue fifteen bonds Of the deHomi-
nation of one thousand dollars each, Of said Plum
township TO said company IN payment therefor,
on the terms and conditions set out in SAID petit
ten; and !t was further ordered by said Board
that in the event that majority of the voters
voting said election cast their ballots in favor OF
said proposition and vote TO subscribe said one
uu!l'iL5u anu LtitS H--iESs q SAM Ct'LL'i st1-A -
To issue said fifteen bonds in payment therefor,
then the County Clerk OF suid county shall forth
with, Tor ana on oelait o. and IN Ihe nane OF,
said township subscribe, TO one hundred and nifty
shares the capital stock of said Company and
II was by said Board further ordered that II salu
Railway Company shall fully comply with the co
dluons OF said SUBSCRIPTION then the chairman OF
salu Board ana the county CLERK OF SAID county
shall duly Issue to said Company said bonds OF
said L0wnsh in the sum. and to the tenor and ef-
feet, in said petition stated.
Ana it was by said Board further ordered that
the ballots t. he used aE such election should De
in the form designated in said petition; and that
the sheriff of said county duly make and issue MS
proclamation for the holding of such special cleo
ton IN said township 1t said date and places ues
iguuUed, and that the sheriff give due and legal uO
lice o. SAID election thirty days provided by
law, ana ia said proclamation give the substance
of said order; said notice TO be published in the
PnillipsbHrg HERALD, d wee ly newspaper printed
and published ia the city Of Phnlpsburg in the
county OF Phillips and in general circulation in
said Plum tow nzhip and Phillips county.
And il WAS by said Board further ordered that
said election be held ana returns made and the re-
cult asceF5aiued and declared, in all respects as
provided by law
The hurity IN by law vested. and in pursu-
ance OF the above recIted order OF said Board OF
County Commissioners, do hereby make public
proclamation and give notice. that special cleo
ton wll be held in said township at the usual and
established places OF voting ia each voting pre-
cIuct ia said township Wednesday. the 2JIh
day Of April, - ID. 1881. to deter
mine whether said township
snail make such subscription Of stock. ana shall
issue in payment therefor the bonds Of said town
ship the terms and conditions set ouU ia said
petition, and such election SHALL in all respects
be conducted and retaFus made, and result asCef-
tanned and declared, in the manner provided Iy
law for general elections
In Witness vs. he eCf, J. c. H. MrGufre- sheriff
OF Philips county state Of Kansas havs hereunuo
set any hand At the city Of PhIMpsbuTg this 10th
day Of March a. ID. 1851
Sheriff Of Phillips County.
Proclamation for a Special Election